Missouri appeals court overturns $110 million Johnson & Johnson talc verdict
FILE PHOTO: The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock…
Michigan judge blocks flavored vape ban as Juul faces wrongful death lawsuit
(Reuters) – A Michigan judge on Tuesday blocked the state’s ban on flavored e-cigarettes about two weeks after it took…
Lilly’s pancreatic cancer treatment fails late-stage study
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the…
Bayer expects significant surge in number of U.S. glyphosate cases
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer expects the number of claims in the United States related to Roundup herbicide to have surged…
Groups bidding for PES refinery due to tour fire-damaged site: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Groups vying for the idled Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery have entered the second phase of…
BlackRock names Mehta head of human resources: memo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager has appointed Manish Mehta as global head of…
Tesla automated parking problems seen liability of app ‘driver’ for now
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc owners summoning their driverless cars in parking lots are likely liable for crashes, lawyers said after…
UAW sees ‘good progress’ on key issues to try to resolve GM strike
Striking United Auto Worker (UAW) member Steve Donagan carries his daughter Regina while walking the strike line with his wife…
PG&E says it has $34.45 billion in debt financing for reorganization
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – PG&E Corp said in court papers on Friday it has debt financing commitments of $34.35 billion…
Exclusive: Regulators weigh ‘startle factors’ for Boeing 737 MAX pilot training – Transport Canada executive
MONTREAL/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Global regulators are looking at “startle factors” that can overwhelm pilots as they consider revised protocols for…
U.S. agency reviews whether 2,000 Teslas should have been recalled
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators said on Friday they were reviewing whether Tesla Inc should have recalled 2,000 of its…
Mercedes-Benz offers subsidies to retrofit older diesel cars in Germany
FILE PHOTO: A Mercedes-Benz “Vision URBANETIC” concept car is seen in front of the Daimler AG logo during the company’s…
Bayer says October U.S. glyphosate trial delayed until February
FILE PHOTO: Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker…
Talks between UAW and GM take ‘turn for the worse’: union official
DETROIT (Reuters) – Talks for a new four-year labor contract between General Motors Co (GM.N) and its striking workers took…
HSBC to cut up to 10,000 jobs in drive to slash costs: FT
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a logo of HSBC at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 6, 2019.…
CVS drug coverage plan based on outside pricing review is off to a slow start
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) health plan that uses an outside drug pricing group to help…
U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to 18, illnesses surpass 1,000: CDC
(Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 18 deaths due to a mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarettes and…
FDA green lights AstraZeneca’s asthma drug Fasenra for self-administration
FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, England, May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble (Reuters) –…
FIFA and WHO team up to promote healthy stadiums, fans
Soccer Football – World Health Organization & FIFA Press Conference – WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland – October 4, 2019. General…
Vectura, Sandoz win ruling on inhaler packaging case against GSK
(Reuters) – Vectura Group said on Friday a British court had ruled in its favor on the packaging of a…
New York court blocks state ban on flavored e-cigarettes
(Reuters) – A New York court on Thursday temporarily halted a state ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, giving…
U.S. judge keeps intact Massachusetts’ toughest-in-nation vaping ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday denied an industry bid to put on hold Massachusetts’ four-month ban on…
Bayer says October U.S. glyphosate trial delayed until February
FILE PHOTO: Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker…
Main issues in UAW-GM labor talks narrow to wages, pensions: source
FILE PHOTO: General Motors assembly workers and their supporters gather to picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during…
J&J to pay $20.4 million to settle opioid lawsuits with two Ohio counties
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of…
Motorbike ride-sharing alleviates Dhaka traffic chaos
(This September 27 story has been refiled to correct first name of Pathao CEO to Hussain, no other changes to…
No vaping ban U-turn, says Indian official, as protests fizzle
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s government has no plan to roll back a ban on electronic cigarettes, an official told…
Bristol-Myers immunotherapy combo outperforms chemo in lung cancer survival: study
(Reuters) – About 40% of patients who received a combination of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s immuno-oncology drugs Opdivo and Yervoy as…
Targeted Amgen drug has low response rate in colon cancer in study
(Reuters) – An experimental Amgen Inc drug that targets a specific genetic mutation shrank tumors in just one of 12…
Results of GSK and AstraZeneca trials may widen ovarian cancer drug use
BARCELONA (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca both reported trial results that will likely make their competing drugs available to a…
Washington governor urges state health board to ban some vaping products
(Reuters) – Washington state Governor Jay Inslee on Friday urged state agencies to ban flavored and cannabis-derived vaping products, joining…
U.S. CDC recommends against using vapes with marijuana ingredient
(Reuters) – People should stop using e-cigarettes, especially those with marijuana ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), U.S. public health officials recommended on…
CVS suspends sales of Zantac brand and generic heartburn drug during safety review
People walk by a CVS Pharmacy store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30,…
Saudi Arabia consults allies on oil attack, awaits result of investigation: official
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is in consultation “with friends and allies about the next steps to take” after…
WeWork chief Neumann’s top lieutenants step up as successors
(Reuters) – As WeWork parent We Company’s CEO Adam Neumann asked Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham to separately take care…
Prudential, M&G to split in October into two FTSE 100 firms
FILE PHOTO: The logo of British life insurer Prudential is seen on their building in London, Britain March 17, 2019.…
Juul boss exits in vaping crisis as Philip Morris, Altria end merger talks
(Reuters) – The chief executive of e-cigarette maker Juul stepped down on Wednesday, with his company beset by a regulatory…
U.S. transport chief warns against mixed messages on Boeing’s 737 MAX
MONTREAL (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao warned regulators on Wednesday against sending conflicting messages as they work to…
Exclusive: Boeing settles first Lion Air lawsuits for at least $1.2 million apiece – sources
CHICAGO/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) has settled the first claims stemming from the crash of a Lion Air 737…
EBay CEO Devin Wenig steps down, cites differences with board
(Reuters) – EBay Inc (EBAY.O) Chief Executive Officer Devin Wenig stepped down on Wednesday, citing differences with the company’s recently…
German authorities raid Deutsche Bank over Danske scandal
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German authorities have raided Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) Frankfurt headquarters and are searching for information related to Danske…
Thomas Cook Germany in rescue talks with investors
BERLIN (Reuters) – Thomas Cook’s German tour business filed for insolvency on Wednesday in a move aimed at separating its…
Exclusive: GM and UAW union making progress in talks for new labor deal – sources
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) and the union that represents its 48,000 striking hourly workers in the United…
Saudi Arabia says consulting on next steps after attack, waiting for inquiry results
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is in consultation “with friends and allies about the next steps to take” after…
Saudi crude loadings fall in September after attacks: trackers
LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crude exports dropped steeply following the Sept. 14 attacks and remain lower month-on-month, according to…
Saudi Aramco seeks project finance loan of more than $1 billion: sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco has asked banks to submit proposals for a project finance loan of more than $1…
GM and UAW union making progress in talks for new labor deal: sources
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) and the union that represents its 48,000 striking hourly workers in the United…
Ford self-driving cars to launch in Austin in 2021
FILE PHOTO: A visitor is reflected as he takes pictures of a new Ford Aspire car during its launch in…
Elliott renews call to split Marathon Petroleum
(Reuters) – Elliott Management Corp on Wednesday renewed its demand for Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) to split into three companies,…
Aston Martin secures $150 million from bond issue
FILE PHOTO: The Aston Martin Lagonda Vision Concept car is pictured during the 88th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva,…
Sprint probed over U.S. low-income subsidies; shares slide 3.3%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sprint Corp (S.N) received tens of millions of dollars in government subsidies for 885,000 low-income subscribers who…
WeWork’s Neumann surrenders control, CEO role following investor revolt
(Reuters) – WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann agreed on Tuesday to resign as chief executive and give up majority voting control,…
Chipotle faces more labor complaints at New York City stores
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc is facing fresh claims that it violated New York City’s labor laws…
UAW-GM picket lines become 2020 U.S. presidential campaign battleground
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is scheduled to join United Auto Workers members on a picket line…
Smith & Wesson parent fails to win support for CEO pay raise
(Reuters) – In a rare case of shareholder pushback, Smith & Wesson parent American Outdoor Brands Corp (AOBC.O) on Tuesday…
U.S. lawmakers propose $1 billion fund to replace Huawei equipment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel unveiled bipartisan legislation this week that would authorize $1 billion for small and…
Nike’s first quarter shines as direct-to-consumer push gains momentum
(Reuters) – Nike Inc’s (NKE.N) quarterly revenue and profit beat market expectations on Tuesday as a push to sell sneakers…
Explainer: Why Asia’s biggest economies are backing hydrogen fuel cell cars
TOKYO (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea have set ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogen-powered vehicles on their…
Hydrogen hurdles: a deadly blast hampers South Korea’s big fuel cell car bet
SEOUL (Reuters) – Aiming to cash in on a major push by South Korea to promote fuel cell vehicles, Sung…